CARHARTT AMPHITHEATER STAGE (Hart Plaza)
2:00–2:50 p.m. Downbeat Blindfold Test
3:20–4:30 p.m. Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra I Bebop Spartans under the direction of Professor Rodney Whitaker
5:15–6:30 p.m. Lakecia Benjamin
7:15–8:30 p.m. Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos
9:15–10:30 p.m. Branford Marsalis Quartet
JPMORGAN CHASE MAIN STAGE (Cadillac Square)
2:45–3:45 p.m. Randy Napoleon and Waking Dream
4:30–5:45 p.m. Connie Han Trio
6:30–7:45 p.m. 2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran presents the music of Duke Ellington featuring the Detroit Jazz Festival Collegiate Jazz Orchestra
8:45–10:00 p.m. Chucho Valdés & Paquito D’Rivera Reunion Sextet
ABSOPURE WATERFRONT STAGE (Hart Plaza)
1:30–2:15 p.m. J.C. Heard JazzWeek All-Stars featuring the 2025 Youth Jazz Vocal Competition Winner Kyla Deboes
2:20–3:05 p.m. Tottori Jazz Mission – Takumi Inoue Quartet featuring Himiko Kikuchi
3:05–3:45 p.m. Tottori Jazz Mission / J.C. Heard JazzWeek All-Stars International Jam
4:15–5:15 p.m. Detroit Jazz Queens – Paying Homage to Those Upon Whose Shoulders We Stand “Ella, Nancy, Dinah, Etta”
5:45–6:45 p.m. Ian Fink
7:30–8:30 p.m. Zambra (featuring Devon Gates, Ria Modak, Angela Varo, Bahar Badieitabar and Queralt Giralt)
9:15–10:30 p.m. Walter Smith III Quartet
DETROIT JAZZ HALL located inside the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University
12:00–3:30 p.m. High School Showcase – Grosse Ile High School Jazz Band, East Kentwood High School Jazz 1, Meridian High School Jazz Ensemble, Rochester Adams High School, Northview High School Jazz Ensemble
10:30 p.m.– Rodney Whitaker Sextet Performs the Music of midnight Joe Henderson (Midtown After Hours Special)
